What fun activity did you participate in on a sailing?

[evandbob]

I don't understand what bravery has to do with participating in "fun" activities.  Perhaps for the shy or uninitiated, but after 50+ cruises, I pretty well know that trivia, hairy chest, and marriage game are not my cup of tea.

 

I'd rather zip line, explore the countryside away from the immediate port area, learn some words in a different language, eat some local food.  Maybe for others these require bravery, but not me.  Relaxing and meditating on my balcony is another activity I view for fun, though it's not for everyone.

 

That's the beauty of cruising, anyone can find out what they like to do.  What works for some may not work for others, and no judgment of what is right or wrong  is involved.  To thine own self be true!

Edited June 9, 2019 by evandbob

[iancal]

Same as above.  Bottle of red wine, preferably Malbec or Merlot, comfortable chair on the sunny balcony, and a good book.

 

Or sitting by the pool, an occasional dip, cold beer, sometimes a G&T, and a good book. 

 

No shopping, no bingo, no quiz games, no karoke.  Very occasionally, and usually for hour or less until I get bored, time in the casino as long as it is completely smoke free and not simply a smoke free night.

Edited June 9, 2019 by iancal

[Mike981]

fyree, that sounds like a lot of fun.

[slidergirl]

On 6/4/2019 at 3:25 PM, Mike981 said:

I'll admit that I'm boring, but I just enjoy being with my wife. She runs a large in-home daycare and the only time she can really relax is when she is far away on vacation. Were like a couple of college kids laughing and giggling.

Nothing wrong with just wanting to share vacation time with just your spouse.   Not everyone has to be a chatty Cathy or Boastful Bob with a group of strangers 😉   Sometimes boring is nice!!!

[Mike981]

24 minutes ago, slidergirl said:

Not everyone has to be a chatty Cathy or Boastful Bob with a group of strangers 😉   Sometimes boring is nice!!!

 

Thank you for that kind comment slidergirl. And now when I talk to a Cathy or Bob I will add the 'chatty' and 'boastful'. 😉

[slidergirl]

1 minute ago, Mike981 said:

 

Thank you for that kind comment slidergirl. And now when I talk to a Cathy or Bob I will add the 'chatty' and 'boastful'. 😉

My pleasure.  And, don't forget the Whiners - Wendy and Walter...😉

 

At least you spend time with your wife.  I travel solo.  On this board and HAL, I've been called anti-social because I like to dine solo instead of a table with strangers.

[Mike981]

LOL!!! The Whiners!

Seriously I have let negative Nellie's over the years know that I will not be hanging around them. I work hard at trying to be positive and I don't need a negative vibe from someone who makes the choice to be negative.

It is interesting when people feel they need to judge because it doesn't fit "their" way of traveling. My daughter took four months off from work to travel the western U.S.
All by her lonesome. She loved it and my wife and I are very proud of her. We had many people question are parenting for letting our 23 year old daughter make life decisions on her own. This year she has a short three week stay in Iceland coming up in August. And yes, she is doing it alone. She is renting a camper van and plans to tour the island on her own schedule. It makes me wonder if most people are not comfortable being by themselves over an extended period of time?

I hope that we cross paths in the future slidergirl. Only the best in your endeavors.

[DirtyDawg]

On 6/3/2019 at 1:22 PM, Paulette3028 said:

Here is mine......we were selected as the married longest couple to play on Love and Marriage.  Mitch Meruchi was the CD and as he was going around the audience to find the longest married couple 'that would play' one after another declined.  We were only married 38 years at the time (many others were longer) but alas none of them were 'brave souls'.  It was a blast.  When you are on a cruise, be BRAVE, HAVE A BLAST!

 

An old friend of mine got talked into participating in one of those Love and Marriage shows.  In real life he is very proper and very reserved. Discussing the weirdest place he and his wife did it would not be on the agenda, anyway, anyhow.  Heck, he would not even admit that he and his wife did it twice to get their two kids! But, hey he was on vacation and wanted to "be BRAVE, HAVE A BLAST!" 

 

It turned out that his cousin, unknown to my friend, was on the same vacation, and in the audience that night. 🤯

 

Made for interesting family dinners afterwards!😰

 

[Paulette3028]

9 hours ago, evandbob said:

I don't understand what bravery has to do with participating in "fun" activities.  Perhaps for the shy or uninitiated, but after 50+ cruises, I pretty well know that trivia, hairy chest, and marriage game are not my cup of tea.

 

I'd rather zip line, explore the countryside away from the immediate port area, learn some words in a different language, eat some local food.  Maybe for others these require bravery, but not me.  Relaxing and meditating on my balcony is another activity I view for fun, though it's not for everyone.

 

That's the beauty of cruising, anyone can find out what they like to do.  What works for some may not work for others, and no judgment of what is right or wrong  is involved.  To thine own self be true!

And yes the beauty  of cruising is that their are different things for everyone to do.  I tried the zip line on one of our sailings to learn for myself, it wasn't for me.....so no I won't do it on a longer one on a shore excursion....but that doesn't mean others won't enjoy that activity off the ship as you clearly have done.  

 

You are correct no judgements involved at all.  Just enjoy!

[sleepless]

On 6/3/2019 at 1:22 PM, Paulette3028 said:

Here is mine......we were selected as the married longest couple to play on Love and Marriage.  Mitch Meruchi was the CD and as he was going around the audience to find the longest married couple 'that would play' one after another declined.  We were only married 38 years at the time (many others were longer) but alas none of them were 'brave souls'.  It was a blast.  When you are on a cruise, be BRAVE, HAVE A BLAST!

Paulette, one of my favorite fun activities was participating in a birthday celebration where the birthday cake did not have the correct birthday girls name on it.  

[sleepless]

On 6/4/2019 at 1:10 PM, Paulette3028 said:

Over the years we have cruised I have always found a way to make those 'uncomfortable' comfortable....I am happy for the people skill of it.  I have even managed to overcome the language barriers that happen on occasion.   On our next two cruises, we are actually sailing with our own group, so having people at dinner won't be an issue at all.

 

I agree wholeheartedly that "Dining  with a group can be one of the more enjoyable aspects of cruising."

My preference is traditional dining - same table, same fellow cruisers, and same wait staff.  

 

Friendships can be made that last longer then the cruise.  You might even become Facebook friends for life.

[Paulette3028]

1 hour ago, sleepless said:

My preference is traditional dining - same table, same fellow cruisers, and same wait staff.  

 

Friendships can be made that last longer then the cruise.  You might even become Facebook friends for life.

What was incredibly 'funny' or coincidental....was what happened to us.  There were several years where we sailed over Thanksgiving weekend.  We would spend Thanksgiving Day with family then escape to the sea on Majesty for the weekend always with Early Traditional Seating. One year we were  seated at a table for 6 and one of the couples at the table was a lovely couple from Miami (we live in the Coral Springs area of S. Florida)....we had a great time.  

 

The following year comes along and we are sailing again on Thanksgiving Weekend....and viola, we are seated at the same table with them....so we exchange information with each other.  It was just so funny.  

 

The next year comes along.....and we were not seated at the same table, just the table next to each other...

 

'Funny' or 'Coincidence' --- I even asked a friend of mine who worked at the time in the Royal Dining Department if this could be 'arranged' and she said 'highly unlikely' from within the company -- they don't look back to the previous years to see who sat with whom....just too busy to do that.

[John Bull]

Twice we've been involved in murder-mystery dinners, first on ms Discovery & again on an RCI ship.

Such events are quite popular at UK hotel weekends, but this was a new experience for us.

 

The one on ms Discovery was a blast.

Every passenger was included, all at our usual shared tables and working as teams.

So many clues - and so many red-herrings. Every character had a motive, some more than a single motive, and lots of little sub-plots.

The whole thing over-seen by a busy-body Miss Marple-type,.

A couple of scenes so that we started to learn about the characters. Then the poor victim got bumped-off. Then the police interviewed the characters, aided (??) by the busy-body Miss Marple-type. Then the characters did the rounds of the tables, answering our questions.

Roberto, our waiter, stopped by to ask what desserts we wanted.

"No desserts, Roberto, we're busy, we've got a crime to solve. Please just bring us a big pot of coffee".

Turned out in the end that two of the characters connived to do the dirty deed!!

The clues were there, but it was a minefield if you didn't suspect the pairing.

So we didn't win. 

Only two tables got it right.

 

The one on RCI, not so good.

The plot and the acting were good, but it was so obvious that one particular guy was the villain that we were sure that he was a red herring, and that we'd failed to spot the clues to the guilt of another.

Turned out that Mr Obvious was indeed the killer.

Every table got it right. Well, every table except ours 

And the winning table was drawn out of a hat. Which kinda defeats the competetive-ness. 

 

But both good fun 

 

JB 

[John Bull]

And another that will forever remain in my memory.......

 

My first cruise, at the age of about 13, was to the Baltic on ms Dunera, a troopship converted to a schools "educational" cruiser.

Us kids were boarded in dormitories (originally the troops' barracks), the teachers in cabins.

The former brig (cells) down on the bottom deck had been converted to a laundry, and us kids had to do our own laundry. We did kinda make a mess of the place. 

 

The crew put on a theatre show on the last evening.

It went something like this..............

After the first act, the captain on the bridge cut in on the PA system ......

"Your captain speaking. Due to problems in the laundry, Deck A is now out of bounds".

After the next act, he cut in again......

"Your captain speaking. Deck B is now out of bounds, due to uncontrollable laundry items. Emergency teams to Deck B. No need to be alarmed"

And after the next act......

"Your captain speaking. The dirty laundry is now trying to escape to Deck C. We have the situation under control, but please remain in the theatre."

etc

etc 

etc, each time the captain made an announcement the situation had gotten worse, and now the Royal Navy was being sent to rescue us from the mutinous laundry.

The evening ended with "Your captain speaking. The dirty laundry now has control of the entire ship apart from the bridge and the theatre, but I think we'll hold out until the Royal Navy .....aaaaaaaaargh."

Immediately all the theatre lights went out, the doors burst open, and the crew swarmed in covered in ghostly white sheets.

Brilliant.

Especially for a naive 13-year-old boy. 

 

I wonder whether Princess might consider doing something similar   

 

JB 

 

[MicCanberra]

On ‎6‎/‎4‎/‎2019 at 11:50 AM, lifes-a-beach said:

Whoopi 

That and Trivia but rarely at the same time.